''Yuddho'' (or Juddho; ) is a 2005 Indian

action thriller film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include life ...

written and directed by

Rabi Kinagi Ravi Kinagi (alternative spellings: Rabi Kinagi, Rabi Kinnagi) is an Indian film director, editor and a script-writer. He works in Bengali and Odia cinema. Superstar Jeet is His Most Favorite Indian Actor. Ravi Kinagi's (Career) direction No. ...

and produced by

Shree Venkatesh Films SVF Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. is an Indian media and entertainment company headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal, founded by Shrikant Mohta. Apart from producing and distributing Bengali language, Bengali films, SVF also distributes Bollywood and ...

. The screenplay of the film was written by

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. The story revolves around a police officer who is charged with false accusation of murdering his wife and imprisoned as he has been investigating a rape case that involves the younger brother of a powerful MLA. The officer then manages to evade the prison and have his revenge. It stars

Mithun Chakraborty Mithun Chakraborty (born Gouranga Chakraborty; 16 June 1950) is an Indian actor, producer and politician who predominantly worked in Hindi and Bengali language films. He is a former Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament. He is the recipient of three ...

and Jeet for the first time together, along with

Debashree Roy Debashree Roy (born 8 August 1962), also known as Debasree Roy, is an Indian actress, dancer, choreographer, politician and animal rights activist. As an actress, she is known for her work in Hindi and Bengali cinema. She has been cited as the ...

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Kaushik Banerjee Kaushik Banerjee ( bn, কৌশিক ব্যানার্জী) is an Indian actor who is known for his work in Bengali cinema. He has appeared in more than a 100 films throughout his career of four decades. Born to the ace actor Harad ...

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and

Rajatava Dutta Rajatava Dutta (Bengali: রজতাভ দত্ত; born 11 August 1967) is an Indian actor who appears in Bengali, Hindi and English films. He is often regarded as one of the most celebrated and respected Bengali actors of his generation. O ...

. The film became the highest grossing Bengali film of the year earning more than 3 crore at the box office.

Plot

The story revolves around police officer Agnishwar Ray (

), who keeps getting transferred due to his aggressive nature towards criminals. He ends up at Uttarpara police station where young boy Surja Sinha ( Jeet) is the local strongman. Ranjit Saha (

), the younger brother of the local MLA named Joy Chand Saha (

), abducts a girl when the girl was returning from a college function, and violently rapes her in his car, leaving her to die. Agnishwar arrests Ranjit. To take revenge, the MLA gets Agnishwar put in prison and his wife Sandhya (

) murdered. There starts Agnishwar's revenge where he slowly kills all the persons responsible for putting him behind bars and killing his wife, ending with the death of the MLA and himself at the hands of Surja, who has by now become a police officer.

Cast

as DSP Agnishwar Roy * Jeet as Surya Sinha, Sub-inspector *

as Sandhya Roy *

Koel Mullick Koel Mallick (born Rukmini Mallick on 28 April 1982) is an Indian actress who appears in Bengali films. She is the daughter of actor Ranjit Mallick and Deepa Mallick. She made her film debut in ''Nater Guru'' (2003). Early life and education ...

as Barsha Sinha *

as Joy Chand Saha, MLA of Uttarpara *

as Ghoshal, Agnishwar Roy's junior in the department *

as Ranjit Saha, Joy Chanda Saha's younger brother *

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as Kaalu, Joy Chand Saha's henchman *

as constable Haripada * Ashok Mukherjee * Sanjib Dasgupta as DSP Pradhan

Soundtrack

Production

Initially the role of Mrs. Sandhya Roy was offered to

Rachna Banerjee Rachna Banerjee (born Jhumjhum Rakesh Banerjee; 2 October 1974) also known as Rachana, is an Indian actress, entrepreneur and television presenter. She is known for her works in Bengali and Odia film industries and has also appeared in several ...

and then to

Rituparna Sengupta Rituparna Sengupta is an Indian actress and producer who is known for her work in Bengali cinema and Hindi cinema. One of the most successful actresses of Bengali cinema, she rode the crest of her box office success in the late 1990s. She won ...

. After both of them refused to play the role, it was offered to Debashree Roy.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yuddho (2005 Film) 2005 films Bengali-language Indian films Films directed by Rabi Kinagi Mithun's Dream Factory films Films scored by Jeet Ganguly Films shot in Ooty Films about rape in India Fictional portrayals of the West Bengal Police Indian action drama films 2000s masala films 2000s Bengali-language films 2005 action drama films